Hull City tightened their grip on a Championship play-off place with a 2-1 victory over rivals Wrexham at Stok Cae Ras, punishing the hosts' FA Cup hangover in a contest decided by two of the visitors' loan signings.
Joe Gelhardt's brilliant first-half free-kick and Lewis Koumas's second-half header put Sergej Jakirovic's side firmly in control, and though Nathan Broadhead pulled one back late on, Hull held their nerve to move six points clear of the Red Dragons and open up a nine-point cushion to seventh-placed Derby County.
Phil Parkinson's team, watched by co-owner Ryan Reynolds and still feeling the effects of Saturday's 120-minute FA Cup epic against Chelsea, saw a run of three straight league wins and a four-match unbeaten sequence end, but remain sixth, three points above Derby with a game in hand.
Hull capitalise on Wrexham's sluggish start